Vöðlavík
| Vöðlavík Vaðlavík |
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| Waters | North Atlantic | |
| Land mass | Iceland | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 1 '45 " N , 13 ° 36' 52" W | |
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| width | 2 km | |
| depth | 5 km | |
| Tributaries | Kirjubólsá | |
The Vöðlavík is a bay in the east fjords of Iceland .
A road led here even before 1940. Today it is Vöðlavíkurvegur (road 958). Eskifjörður can be reached via it and Helgustaðavegur (road 954) . From this bay there was a boat connection to Neskaupstaður , until the road into Viðfjörður was built and the sea route shortened. Today the area in the bay is uninhabited.
The bay is known in Iceland for a shipwreck. In December 1993, a Vestmannaeyjar fishing boat ran aground . The crew could be rescued, but when the ship was salvaged in January 1994, a rescue man had an accident.
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- ↑ Minntust þess að tuttugu ár eru liðin frá björgunarafrekinu í Vöðlavík. Retrieved July 31, 2018 (Icelandic).